We're up for final challenge! Caldwell banks on Scotland to reach Euro 2012

Gary Caldwell insists Scotland have proved in the past they are capable of delivering the goods against the top nations.

The Scots are preparing to travel to Liechtenstein and Spain knowing they might need to take maximum points from the double-header if they are to beat the Czech Republic to a play-off spot for Euro 2012.

The Czechs sit in second place in Group I on 10 points, with the Scots on eight points.

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That means hopes of ending a lengthy exile from major tournaments could depend on the outcome of their final qualifier against the world and European champions in Alicante next week but Caldwell insists Scotland are up for the challenge.

He said: 'We would rather have qualified before going to Spain and we could maybe have enjoyed it a bit more. But it is what it is.

'Hopefully we find ourselves in the position where we are a point clear going into the Spain game and we can go there and try to beat the best team in the world.

'I think it would sum Scotland up that we go and do that to finally qualify.

'Everybody is looking forward to that challenge.

'You look at France a few years ago when we went there and won and they were a tremendous team.

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'We can do it, we have done it in the past. We always seem to raise our game for the big nations and hopefully it can be a great night. But we have a big job to do on Saturday before we can look forward to that game.'

The Wigan defender believes Scotland have grown over the course of the campaign into a more attack-minded team who are now capable of controlling games, rather than allowing the opposition to dictate their matches.

He said: 'Since the manager has come in, he has tried a lot of different systems and a lot of different players.

'I think we have found a system that suits us now and that is to attack and to have more of the ball and to try to control the games.

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'In the past, I've played in a lot of Scotland teams who have been more defensively set up to play on the break, whereas now we try to control games more and play more offensively.

'Now, we've got a lot more attack-minded players and we do look a better side going forward.

'We can express ourselves and attack teams with more confidence and more ability to score goals.

'If you look at the squad, there is a lot more attacking flair than there has been in previous squads.'